The Point is a spectacular place to climb, with long and exposed routes starting on narrow ledges perched high above the lake. On a clear day Karangahape Bluffs and the mountains of Tongariro and Ruapehu are visible. In summer trout can be seen below. The Point stays shaded until midday.
The walk to the Point from the beach takes around 20 minutes. Follow the track past the long drop toilet, staying close to the shoreline through the rock ravine and on to a small beach. Once you leave the shoreline the track winds through blocky ground before rising up steeply (with a hand line) to reach the Point.
Routes
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| Mellow Yellow, 15 | 15 | 35m | 11 |
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A nice multi-pitch outing to ease into the style of The Point. Pitch 2 was initially climbed as two pitches but is better done as a single pitch (take a sling to clip the belay).
A short right tending pitch to gain the ledge.
Jump over the garden (!) and ascend the slab, traversing right after the third bolt. Then climb straight up the slab to the top. |
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| Sunday School, 20 | 20 | 12m | 4 |
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Climb the buttress, following the bolts to a crux after the third bolt. Belay off the first anchors of Mellow Yellow. |
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| Yellow Submarine, 13 | 13 | 12m |  |
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Climb the left side of the crack, continue past small trees until standing on a large block. Exit up the left crack to the first anchors of Mellow Yellow. |
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| The Sweet and the Savage, 18 | 18 | 30m | |
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Follow the rock south.
Follow the crack up and through the roof, being careful not to use your big gear too early, then mantle onto the ledge for a trad belay. [Pro CD, W]
Climb the obvious corner up to a cosy ledge and lower off, a rope stretching 25m abseil gets you back down. Trying to combine both pitches as one as on the first ascent, only results in hideous rope drag. [Pro CD, W] |
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| Fistula, 19 | 19 | 28m | |
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The Sweet and the Savage direct, basically. Climb straight up to the ledge and continue to the top in a single long pitch. |
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| 42 | 42All Aussie Adventures, 15 | 15 | 35m | 5 |
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Continue along the track for 10m until a small airy ledge is reached. The crack left of the arête is the start. Time to hit the road!
Start up the crack, moving left onto the arête after 10m. Climb the arête past 5 bolts and a large wire placement, then finish up a crack.
A short pitch for a marginally better view. |
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| Raw Umber, 15 | 15 | 15m | 5 |
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Climb the arête past 5 bolts to a belay on the left. If you don’t stop you’ll find yourself on Survival of the Fittest. |
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| 43 | 43Survival of the Fittest, 19 | 19 | 40m | 14 |
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The bolted arête right of All Aussie Adventures. Head up the arête, through the groove, and eventually left to a belay. |
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| The Sweet and the Savage, 19 | 19 | 30m | |
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The wide corner crack with the large arching roof section. Follow the crack up and right, being careful not to use your big gear too early, then mantle onto the ledge for a trad belay.
Climb the obvious corner up to a cosy ledge. |
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| Counterintutive, 20 | 20 | 20m | 7 |
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From the ledge halfway up Survival of the Fittest, head left and climb the arête above the top of Stone Temple Pilots. |
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| 44 | 44Temple of the Stone Pilots, 25 | 25 | 25m | 9 |
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| 45 | 45Shoot Your Gun, 16 | 16 | 50m | |
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A nice long corner. Move left at the top to the anchors. |
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| 46 | 46Ezy Ryder, 20 | 20 | 48m | 8 |
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Follow ring bolts past a large hueco to a belay.
Clip the first four ring bolts then traverse right through the roof to join the top of Highway Child. |
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| 47 | 47Highway Child, 21 | 21 | 47m | 15 |
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| 48 | 48Soul Train, 18 | 18 | 45m | 11 |
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| 49 | 49High Hopes, 16 | 16 | 45m | 7 |
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The next long arête.
From the right hand end of the ledge step up carefully to the 1st bolt. Step right onto the arête after clipping the 3rd bolt, climb past 4 more bolts then step right to the belay ledge, DBC belay.
Climb back onto the arête and follow 7 more bolts to the top. Double absail. DBC belay. The route can be done as one long awesome pitch |
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| 50 | 50Make My Blue Rat Dance, 18 | 18 | 18m | 7 |
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| 51 | 51Black Yoda, 22 | 22 | 30m | 14 |
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A great long pitch starting from the Make My Blue Rat Dance belay. Finish on to the High Hopes slab and belay. |
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| 52 | 52Resolution, 23 | 23 | 55m | |
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| 54 | 54Have a Cigar (You’re Gonna Go Far), 23 | 23 | 55m | 7 |
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| 55 | 55Fly My Pretties, 25 | 25 | 30m | 8 |
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| 56 | 56Fly My Pretties, Fly, 24 | 24 | 20m | 8 |
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An alternative second pitch to Fly My Pretties that climbs the fabulous exposed face to the right. |
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| 57 | 57Human Intervention, 18 | 18 | 28m | 9 |
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Past this point the track gets a bit more difficult, so best leave your harness on for clipping into the fixed rope on the traverse sections. At the end of the fixed rope. The arete just right of the large bush filled gully. Start just past the log, traverse diagonally left to the first bolt then follow the rest of the bolts to the top & DBC belay. [Pro 9 bolts] |
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| 58 | 58Natural Selection, 18 | 18 | 26m | |
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The crack right of to ”Human Intervention”. Move left near the top to the DBC belay. [Pro W, Cd’s] |
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| Out Of The Blue, 14 | 14 | 18m | |
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A few metres further a long is the “Jump rock”. This is the top. A deep water solo. The best time to do this climb is on a hot day in summer. Descent “JUMP”, Make sure you get a descent run up. If you don’t have the balls, rap down from the tree. |
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